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Fambridge Road/Canewdon Road
Fambridge Road/Canewdon Road is an operational 5 MW solar farm in Rochford, generating since 23 November 2015. Planning permission was granted on 2 April 2015, 6 months after submission. Operator of record: UK Solar Assets (Alcor LS-SPV).
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 9 October 2014 |
| Permission granted | 2 April 2015 6 months after submission |
| Operational | 23 November 2015 8 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
- Green Belt — Rochford
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
Rochford’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Under Construction | 20 | 1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.99 | 1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.5 | 5 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2.4 | 8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 30 | 8.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 25 | 9.7 km |
Battery · Operational | 99.98 | 9.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 10.1 km |
How big is Fambridge Road/Canewdon Road?
Fambridge Road/Canewdon Road has a recorded installed capacity of 5 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Fambridge Road/Canewdon Road?
REPD records the operator as UK Solar Assets (Alcor LS-SPV). Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Fambridge Road/Canewdon Road approved and built?
The application was submitted on 9 October 2014. Permission was granted on 2 April 2015, 6 months later. The site became operational on 23 November 2015, 8 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 4718.
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